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If Atlanta’s Smith gets it in his mind to stay on the perimeter and fire three-pointers, it’ll be hard for Johnson to get out and cover him. Smith’s a versatile scorer, even if he can be a volume shooter.

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The Hawks began Tuesday in a virtual tie with Chicago in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff pack and are in the middle of a three-game road trip. . . . Devin Harris sat out Monday’s loss at Indiana with a sore foot. . . . Atlanta’s just 17-19 on the road. . . . The Raptors expect to have Gay back in the lineup after a sore back kept him out of Saturday’s loss at New York. . . . Point guard Sebastian Telfair is listed as day-to-day with a sore back. . . . Second of three meetings this season. The Hawks won 93-92 at home in February on the day the Raptors traded away Jose Calderon and Ed Davis in the Gay transaction.

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